Beintehaan which is a Muslim social drama is a story of two cousins who get married under odd
circumstances and much against their wishes. Zain (Harshad Arora) is the
lovable young son of Usman Abdullah (Naved Aslam) & Suraiya (Suchitra
Pillai) who live a lavish life in Mumbai while Aaliya (Preetika Rao) is the adorable
daughter of Ghulam Haider (Ritu Raj Singh) & Shabana (Riva Bubber) and is raised
in middle class upbringings in Bhopal. Both Zain and Aaliya have a hate-hate
relationship since childhood and have grown up with the same feelings in mind.

Zain who is
studying abroad for many years comes back to Mumbai at the same time when
Aaliya is supposed to get married to Zeeshan in Bhopal. She mistakes Zain's
photo to be that of her fiance Zeeshan whom she has never seen earlier and ends
up liking him when he too comes visiting Bhopal for her engagement and marriage
ceremony. However, once she comes to know of his real identity, they both
indulge in pranks yet again to pull the other down. In the midst of all this, Zeeshan's
parents and his uncle think that they both are having an affair but everyone
keeps quite because of Zain's father who is a rich businessman, willing to spend
for Aaliya's marriage.

Zain's
mother too is not happy with the closeness that she sees between Zain and
Aaliya and plans to gifts Zain a Bangkok trip so that he stays away from Bhopal
during the wedding. Zain who is enjoying his stay in Bhopal is reluctant at
first but agrees to go as per his mom's wish.

What works -

Harshad and
Preetika who both make their television debut with this show are one beautiful
looking couple. Harshad has not only good looks along with a good voice and
style, he is quite confident when it comes to acting and dialogue delivery and doesn't
look like a newcomer at all. Preetika is a beauty and reminds one so much of
her popular sister Amrita Rao. The couple is sure to be a hit Jodi with the
audience very soon.

While Naved
Aslam and Ritu Raj show considerable restraint in their performances as is
required, Suchitra Pillai as the celebrity chef who is also a rich mom of two
young sons is a strong character and is a pleasant change from the typical gharelu
saas. Riva Bubber who comes back in a daily show after a long time looks and
acts her part well especially her perfect dialogue delivery.

The
nok-jhok between the two wives of Suraiya's elder son (Vivek Madan) is quite
entertaining. It is also because one of them Nafisa (Gunjan Vijaya) is quite
good looking and uses her charm well while the other Jahaan (Namrata Pathak) is
a talented actress and they both keep the audience engaged.

What does
not work -

The basic
premise of the show which is set in the first couple of episodes is quite shaky
due to the many bloopers that abound, with the main being the case of mistaken
identity! On one hand we see video chats between Aaliya and her maternal uncle and
between Zain and his father but then no one from either side has seen Zain or
Aaliya after they have grown up. With so many means of communication how come
they both have still not seen each other and isn't it convenient to mail a pic
instead of couriering a photograph that too when they are seen communicating on
laptops and enjoying video chats? Anyway, Aaliya sees Zain's pic and thinking
it is her fiance Zeeshan starts liking him, whereas as per his promise to his
father Zain reaches Bhopal to lend a helping hand financially to Aaliya's
family but instead of introducing himself to Aaliya just gets a yes' from her to
accept the money while she is all the time thinking he is her fianc Zeeshan
asking for her opinion on marrying him! How utterly childish is that?

And then, when
Zain comes to stay at Aaliya's house since it is also his pufi's (paternal
aunt) house but Aaliya doesn't seem to know anything about it. Many a times they
also come face to face during those two days but never does it bother Aaliya
that the boy she thinks she is to marry is staying in her house itself? How is
it possible that despite staying in the same house she doesn't have any doubts?

While
everyone around like Zeeshan and his family and Zains's mom Suraiya too feel
that Zain and Aaliya are a little bit too close nobody else seems to notice it.
Least of all the couple who come close on various occasions and there expressions
when they are close tell another story altogether. Even as Zain looks as if he
is attracted towards Aaliya, even she allows him to come close to her and looks
as if she is smitten by him. Well, no wonder many of them misunderstand them as
a cosy twoseome.

Technically,
many of the scenes have an abrupt end to it and it is obvious cut and start when
the next scene comes on air. Even though we all know that all the shows are
shot on sets, here the sets have too much of color which give them an artificial
look. Also Preetika Rao needs to work on her dialogue delivery which comes
across as halting and lacks fluency.

Our take -

The show has all chance to do well with the sole reason being the good
looking couple who look absolutely fresh in their debut on Indian Television. The
makers need to work more on their chemistry and not take viewers for granted while
narrating the story. More care should be given to managing the flow of the
story and avoid bloopers in the future.

And finally
we can only hope that once the two are married and come back to Barkat Mahal which
is shown to be Zain's palatial house in Mumbai it doesn't become yet another
saas bahu saga.

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I don't really care for what the opinions are on this article, because we have ridiculous types of bloopers in Indian television!! These basic ones can be ignored because the essence of the show is absolutely amazing!!! Fresh face, fresh chemistry, and amazing story line is all I want, not the typical rohna dhona, which drives me away at one glance!Yes the leads are eye candy, Harshad Arora you're so damn adorable yet hot at the same time &lt;3, and Preetika is just simple and beautiful, but don't be a spoilt sport and say that's the only thing that's gonna keep the story going trust me, this show has potential and has an essence to draw people in which it definitely did to me and now its the only show I watch and love!!

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